Holding Multiple Perspectives: Cultivating Polarity Wisdom

Office of Faculty Development and Performance, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Exploring how we think, decide, and act in complex healthcare environments

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Polarities are intrinsic to our experience - everything that yins also yangs. However it is that we make sense of the world, polarities can evoke tension - imagine yin and yang at odds with each other. That’s probably not difficult to do because we see these warring sides playing out in health care, as well as in politics, religion, media, economics and innumerable other contexts. Similarly, polarities express themselves on a personal level. Consider for example the individual who is constantly striving for perfect outcomes and “getting things right”, while struggling to enjoy the process and endlessly self-critical. This tension is the side effect of a forceful and singular pulling on one end of the rope, not noticing that this pulling is activating an unwanted, countervailing force that also seeks expression - sometimes maladaptively.Polarities can be complementary and integrative or, in that experience of tension, they can be experienced as conflictual and disintegrating. They often show up in our lives as experiences that feel unresolvable. As we explore polarities we begin to distinguish the difference between a problem that can be discreetly solved, and a complex situation where we are invited to integrate a polarity.Together, we’re going to explore how we can move from the tension of either/or to the integrating wisdom of and/also across our personal and work lives; learning to hone the strength of opposites, honoring the strength of opposing views, and reducing our fear of the “other” side of things.Learning Objectives:<ol><li>Understand what are polarities and how they show up across our lives</li><li>Experience the benefit of polarity wisdom through application of its principles</li><li>Practice how to be more integrated</li></ol>Style &amp; Approach:3 hour workshop, participatory, individual and in small groupsThis workshop is sponsored by the <a href="https://libin.ucalgary.ca/" title="https://libin.ucalgary.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Libin Cardiovascular Institute</a> and facilitated by Mark Stolow, Founding Director of <a href="https://peoplebeforepatients.com/" title="https://peoplebeforepatients.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#People Before Patients</a>

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